Kochi: Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit under the Air Customs seized 17 gold bars of 10 ‘tolas’ each from a passenger at the Nedumbassery airport.
The value of the seized gold, which has a total weight of 2 kg, is around `57 lakh.
The 32-year-old passenger, hailing from Kasargod, had arrived from Dubai by Emirates Airlines flight EK-532 at 4 am. He was caught while trying to pass through the green channel. The passenger was intercepted at the exit gate of the Arrival hall, on suspicion that he was carrying gold. The contraband was seized when the officials conducted a personal search of the passenger. Initially, three gold biscuits each were recovered from the two pockets of the jeans he was wearing. When the passenger was questioned, on suspicion that he was hiding more gold biscuits, he confessed that he was concealing 11 gold biscuits inside his rectum.
23/08/14 New Indian Express
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The value of the seized gold, which has a total weight of 2 kg, is around `57 lakh.
The 32-year-old passenger, hailing from Kasargod, had arrived from Dubai by Emirates Airlines flight EK-532 at 4 am. He was caught while trying to pass through the green channel. The passenger was intercepted at the exit gate of the Arrival hall, on suspicion that he was carrying gold. The contraband was seized when the officials conducted a personal search of the passenger. Initially, three gold biscuits each were recovered from the two pockets of the jeans he was wearing. When the passenger was questioned, on suspicion that he was hiding more gold biscuits, he confessed that he was concealing 11 gold biscuits inside his rectum.
23/08/14 New Indian Express
